Disney dropped the first official trailer for the live-action Moana on March 23, 2026, and the main conversation coming out of it has nothing to do with the story. It’s the wig. Dwayne Johnson showed up as Maui with a head full of long curly hair and the internet went immediately.
Weird Al Had One Line and It Was Enough
Yankovic posted a photo of Johnson in full Maui costume on Instagram with the caption: “We’ve told all the casting agents that the ‘Weird Al’ biopic sequel is currently on hold, but they just keep sending in headshots.“
That’s it. One line. The comments buried him in praise for it. Fans on X ran further with it. One person posted a fake movie poster captioned “‘He’s back… And this time, he’s mad.‘ Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson replaces Daniel Radcliffe as ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic in the first official look at ‘Weird II.'”
Radcliffe played Yankovic in the 2022 biographical parody film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. The idea of Johnson stepping in for the sequel based purely on the hair is the kind of joke that writes itself.
Other reactions on social media ranged from “they found that wig backstage at a Van Halen concert” to “his forehead is the lead role here.” Not everyone hated it, though. Plenty of comments on YouTube and Instagram were genuinely excited about the film, and one of the most upvoted comments ignored the hair entirely: “All I wanted to know was if the crab was back. He is, and he looks the same.”
Johnson and director Thomas Kail addressed the wig in an Entertainment Weekly interview. Kail said they needed something with real lift, and the wet version weighs seven pounds more. Johnson said he also wore 40 pounds of prosthetics on top of that. “That is an additional 40 pounds on you. So that was an adjustment on how to actually work my emotions through the 40 pounds of prosthetics and hair and body,” he said.
Catherine Lagaʻaia plays Moana. The film is directed by Thomas Kail, the Hamilton guy. It hits theaters July 10, 2026. The original made $687 million. Moana 2 made over a billion. The numbers will probably be fine regardless of the wig discourse.
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